Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Re: [ethereal-dev] static vs dynamic column width

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From: Guy Scharf <guy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 13:11:54 -0700
Guy.

> > For "Live" capture & display, if we start out with a static column
> > size and don't resize, we won't be able to view all of the information
> > should a longer line be written to the (for example) Info column.  The
> > text storage area may be larger, but the horizontal scroll bar won't
> > take you to the end of the text string unless the column size has been
> > adjusted.
> 
> "Info" is probably typically the rightmost field, so resizing it won't
> cause other fields to move; I think that was the main complaint the
> other Guy had.  If so, making a special case for "Info" might be OK.

I'm not quite sure what you are saying.  Are you saying the horizontal
scroll bar will change to allow more "hidden" space to the right to
accomodate longer Info fields?  If so, I would expect it to do that.

Guy